Category: Geeks r Us
OK guys. I wanted to know what people use for their general screenreader voices. Not for pleasure reading, but for general, every-day use. For me, I use dectalk access32 and dectalk.
Woops, I meant dectalk access32 and eloquence. That's what happens when you almost fall asleep at your computer.
I use Eloquence, and when I'm using NVDA or Klango I use ESpeak. If Real Speak didn't lag so much with Jaws I'd use that as I prefer the voices to Eloquence, but there's not much I can do about that, and having a crappy computer doesn't help lol.
well, since I don't use jaws or window-eyes anymore, strictly NVDA, I go for e speak and SAPI5. it would be nice though if they did make a driver for dectalk for use with NVDA, but because dectalk is abandond ware and i not free and open sorce, it looks like that wont be posible. but ah well.
I use elequence.
I use eloquence for JAWS and window eyes, but can only use espeak for NVDA because Eloquence is not opensource.
Actually, Eloquence can be used for NVDA. Just google I want ETI eloquence, and you should be able to find the audiogames.net forum.
I use Eloquence, but only because it has the fastest response rate of any synthesizer I've used. I wouldn't bother with it at all if not for that since I hate the voices themselves.
yeah, you can get eloquence for NVDA from there, however it's not really leegle to use it with NVDA. if you want to use it you will need the older SAPI4 version of it and you wont have to worry with it. I think e speak is the most responsiveness out of a lot of the synths that are out now
Ugh. ESpeak is even worse than Eloquence as far as I'm concerned. The only reason I have it on my machine at all is that it's going to serve as the robot voices in some of the games I plan to create down the road. I shudder at the thought of using it for everyday screen reader use. In fact I've tried it.
I use ESpeak since I'm using NVDA as my primary screenreader. But I also have JAWS and a WindowEyes demo and switch between using the RealSpeak and the Eloquence voices. And I use Dectalk with WindowEyes since that's the voice it came with. My favorites of all of them to listen to are Dectalk and Realspeak, but my favorites to use because of the imediate responsiveness are Eloquence and ESpeak. If I had a Mac, my favorite synthesizer voice to listen to would be Voiceover's Alex, but I don't have one so... *smile*
alex is great for more than just reading too, very nice for all the time use. sure there are other voices on the mac but no ware near as good
laylony, wineyes does come with eloquence, smile. and yeah, I miss dectalk a helll of a lot, that's for sure.
I have read that Alex works well sped up. Someone who isn't blind said they could understand Alex quite fast. Is it really responsive? If so, that's a great innovation in voice technology: not just the diaphragm but the capacity to be both clear and responsive.
from what little i've used of the mack it is deffinetly good
I use elequents, espeak for NVDA, I also have Festival for NVDA, Alex on the mac, and voxin for orca when I'm messing with things in ubuntu.
alex responds very well and even my mom who can't understand a word from other voices can understand alex
I can believe that.
What's festival for NVDA? I've never heard of it.
The festival synth. Not the greatest thing in the world, but if I want something quiet, I'll use it.
So, where can I get festival?
check the NVDA website for the free synth list. it should have something there for you